Reference View is a new view mode available in the Develop Module that allows you to compare 2 different images in order to make them visually consistent. This is helpful when making a group of images from a single event look similar or setting the white balance appropriately in mixed lighting conditions.

To get started,

Go to the Develop Module

Click on Reference View. Its on the Toolbar, and you may need to show the Toolbar if hidden

Drag and Drop your Reference Photo onto the left pane. You can change your Reference Photo by either dragging a different image onto the left pane or using the “Set as Reference Photo” context menu in the Library Module.

Edit the active photo. Use the Reference Photo to guide your editing decisions.

You can now zoom to fit and zoom to fill. Particularly when using ultra high-resolution (i.e. 4K and 5K) monitors, prior versions of Lightroom would not completely fill the Loupe window.

Additional Features

Ability to filter or create a Smart Collection for images that have Snapshots associated with them.

Export a Collection Set as a new catalog.

New Camera Support in Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8

Canon EOS M5

Fujifilm X-A3

Google Pixel

Google Pixel XL

Hasselblad X1D

Leica TL

Nikon D5600

Olympus E-M1 Mark II (*)

Olympus PEN E-PL8

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ2500 (DMC-FZ2000 and DMC-FZH1)

Pentax K-70

Samsung Galaxy S7

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Sony Alpha a6500 (ILCE­-6500)

Sony Alpha a99 II (ILCA-99M2)

Sony DSC-RX100 Mark V

* denotes preliminary support

New Tethered Shooting Support in Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8

Mount

Name

Apple

Moment Macro Lens for iPhone6

Apple

Moment Macro Lens for iPhone6 Plus

Apple

Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone6

Apple

Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone6 Plus

Apple

Moment Tele Lens for iPhone6

Apple

Moment Tele Lens for iPhone6 Plus

Apple

Moment Wide Lens for iPhone6

Apple

Moment Wide Lens for iPhone6 Plus

Apple

Moment Macro Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)

Apple

Moment Macro Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)

Apple

Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)

Apple

Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)

Apple

Moment Tele Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)

Apple

Moment Tele Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)

Apple

Moment Wide Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)

Apple

Moment Wide Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)

Canon EF

SIGMA 12-24mm F4 DG HSM A016

Canon EF

SIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM A016

Canon EF

SIGMA 500mm F4 DG OS HSM S016

Canon EF

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022E

Canon EF

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022E x1.4

Canon EF

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022E x2.0

Canon EF

Zeiss Milvus 2.8/15 ZE

Canon EF

Zeiss Milvus 2.8/18 ZE

Canon EF

Zeiss Milvus 2/135 ZE

Google

Pixel (DNG + JPEG)

Google

Pixel XL (DNG + JPEG)

Go Pro

HERO5 Black (Linear FOV)

Go Pro

HERO5 Black (Medium FOV)

Go Pro

HERO5 Black (Narrow FOV)

Go Pro

HERO5 Black (Wide FOV) (raw + JPEG)

Leica M

Leica SUMMARON-M 28mm f/5.6

Nikon F

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED

Nikon F

SIGMA 12-24mm F4 DG HSM A016

Nikon F

SIGMA 50-100mm F1.8 DC HSM A016

Nikon F

SIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM A016

Nikon F

SIGMA 500mm F4 DG OS HSM S016

Nikon F

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022N

Nikon F

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022N x1.4

Nikon F

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022N x2.0

Nikon F

Zeiss Milvus 2.8/15 ZF.2

Nikon F

Zeiss Milvus 2.8/18 ZF.2

Nikon F

Zeiss Milvus 2/135 ZF.2

Ricoh

Ricoh GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5

Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Rear Camera (DNG + JPEG)

Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S7 Rear Camera (DNG + JPEG)

Sigma

SIGMA 12-24mm F4 DG HSM A016

Sigma

SIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM A016

Sigma

SIGMA 500mm F4 DG OS HSM S016

Customer reported issues resolved

Released a new set of Camera Matching Profiles for Canon 5D Mark IV.

Improved support for Canon 5D Mark IV dual pixel raw images. Please see this note for further details.

Lightroom would show an error dialog when attempting to open an image in Photoshop. Please note that this only occurred on Windows and only when selecting “Open in Photoshop” as a Post-Processing item in the Export dialog.

Still even after update LR crashes like crazy, even while moving between modules Lr keeps crashing. Adobe has F_____ up Lightroom and thanks to CC dont seem to be too keen on keeping offline software in works for far too long. Soon it will be Adios Adobe and hello On1.

Still even after update LR crashes like crazy, even while moving between modules Lr keeps crashing. Adobe has F_____ up Lightroom and thanks to CC dont seem to be too keen on keeping offline software in works for far too long. Soon it will be Adios Adobe and hello On1.

Still even after update LR crashes like crazy, even while moving between modules Lr keeps crashing. Adobe has F_____ up Lightroom and thanks to CC dont seem to be too keen on keeping offline software in works for far too long. Soon it will be Adios Adobe and hello On1.

Its never crashed for me in the past two years.

Don't blame Adobe for your computer issue.

I updated last night and had two crashes, when moving between modules. Running CC version and never had crashes before

Still even after update LR crashes like crazy, even while moving between modules Lr keeps crashing. Adobe has F_____ up Lightroom and thanks to CC dont seem to be too keen on keeping offline software in works for far too long. Soon it will be Adios Adobe and hello On1.

Its never crashed for me in the past two years.

Don't blame Adobe for your computer issue.

Its not just me but also many of my friends have been complaining of same issue. Also I have Intel 6 core CPU, 32Gigs of Ram, 1TB SSd and 2*4TB HDDs in RAID 1(where I keep my photos/videos) and Nvidia GTX 970. I dont think my PC should be cause of concern right now.

Its never crashed for me in the past two years. Don't blame Adobe for your computer issue.

Its not just me but also many of my friends have been complaining of same issue. Also I have Intel 6 core CPU, 32Gigs of Ram, 1TB SSd and 2*4TB HDDs in RAID 1(where I keep my photos/videos) and Nvidia GTX 970. I dont think my PC should be cause of concern right now.

Rarely crashes are due to hardware issues (unless the hardware is really faulty - it may happen more often with cheap components - or used beyond specs, i.e. extreme overclocking), most often are due to software issues. There's a lot of bad software around (especially on Windows) that will create issue when installed, and sometimes even when removed (I recently encountered an antivirus that re-routed some system functions to inspect other applications using them, but when removed didn't restored them correctly...). Unluckily, anti-piracy software can sometimes lead to issues as well.

I have a policy of keeping the PC I use for important tasks as cleaner as possible. Only the software needed for such tasks, and little else. This way crashes on that system are very, very rare.

It is also important to keep the system up-to-date. I guess Adobe doesn't test on systems which are not (at least, I hope).